PHOTO III : THINKING, IN COLOUR

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My starting point for this project was that I was very interested with the work of John Pfahl and how he could translate three-dimensionality to two-dimensionality. The way he constructs his scenes and the surface of the photograph are really thoughtful (the way he makes things two-dimensional and photographs it, which flattens it yet again). Some of the alterations are subtle and others not so much. I like the intervention he has with all of the different landscapes.

When I first discussed my idea with Anna, she brought up how it has already been done and how I could push it further. My “solution” was to photograph and create a cut out of a person because like landscapes/places we see people of course as three-dimensional… It’s an idea for now…

Another photographer I have been looking at is Cynthia Greig. She messes with photographic reality by painting three-dimensional objects outlining them in charcoal. We understand shadow which gives things three-dimensions and things that move your eye through works.

From John, I randomly thought about the altered perspectives taking me to stereoscopic images. Stereoscopy is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth. A stereoscopic image is two images or more that look similar but each image has a perspective off by only inches. These images can be animated to create a three-dimensional subject. To better understand this concept, a person’s vision is created with the sight from the left eye and the sight from the right eye merged together which is what we see every day.